GMC CarbonPro Bed Start Production In June

How I wonder what this will cost since carbon fiber is really expensive.  And this is just a carbon fiber lining it sounds like but that could still get costly.  I wonder if they could get the manufacturing cost down if they could build the whole box from carbon fiber.

To go a step further if you could build the whole body from carbon fiber I bet a Sierra would be sub 4,000 lbs with the turbo 4 and would probably be faster than the 6.2 V8 models they have now.  And have more payload capacity.

46 minutes ago, smk4565 said:

How I wonder what this will cost since carbon fiber is really expensive.  And this is just a carbon fiber lining it sounds like but that could still get costly.  I wonder if they could get the manufacturing cost down if they could build the whole box from carbon fiber.

To go a step further if you could build the whole body from carbon fiber I bet a Sierra would be sub 4,000 lbs with the turbo 4 and would probably be faster than the 6.2 V8 models they have now.  And have more payload capacity.

It's not a lining, it fully replaces the steel bed interior

53 minutes ago, Drew Dowdell said:

It's not a lining, it fully replaces the steel bed interior

Are the bed outer panels steel or some sort of composite on these? 

5 minutes ago, Robert Hall said:

Are the bed outer panels steel or some sort of composite on these? 

The outer panels are steel. 

Very cool, I am excited to see this go into production and hope it get expanded into more body parts to help reduce weight thus improving MPG. Would be great to have a lightweight SUV body of this stuff.

7 minutes ago, dfelt said:

Very cool, I am excited to see this go into production and hope it get expanded into more body parts to help reduce weight thus improving MPG. Would be great to have a lightweight SUV body of this stuff.

I don't think they'll use this in the body panels. They'll probably go aluminum first.... I think the hood already is. 

4 hours ago, Drew Dowdell said:

It's not a lining, it fully replaces the steel bed interior

That is what I meant.  The inside but not the whole box.

2 hours ago, smk4565 said:

That is what I meant.  The inside but not the whole box.

But a liner implies there is a steel or aluminum bed under there. There isn't. It's just carbon fiber.

Now we can see more commercials where Chevy/GMC makes fun of Ford's (fragile) aluminum bed.